Chapter 112: Yao Lao Appears, Too Late to Regret
"Wan'er? Wan'er?"
“——Huh?!” Shang Yuwan stood under the Luan tree and suddenly came back to his senses.
Lu Xu, wearing the most fashionable handan skirt in Kyoto, turned around in front of her.
"Look, Wan'er! Isn't this dress beautiful on mother?"
"This is what it means to make clothes out of lotus leaves and skirts out of lotus flowers!"
Lu Xu showed her beautiful dress to her precious daughter with great joy.
Shang Yuwan looked at Lu Xu's rosy face and was stunned. "You, mother...?"
Lu Xu blinked, bent down, and waved in front of Shang Yuwan. "What are you in a daze for? You had a nightmare last night, and you haven't recovered yet?"
The entire family was executed, blood flowed like a river, and the past events were still vivid in her mind. Shang Yuwan felt a slight stab of pain in her heart, but she was in a trance and subconsciously ignored the feeling, tears streaming down her face.
Her voice trembled: "...Mother?"
Lu Xu was about to speak when he suddenly heard a noise coming from the front yard.
"Your father is back!" Lu Xu's face lit up with joy.
She turned and ran, and not surprisingly fell into a broad and strong embrace.
Shang Yuwan was so confused when she saw the two people hugging each other.
"A Xu, Wan'er is still watching!"
Shang Junhu was holding two bags of mung bean cakes and a box of calming incense in his hands, and two blushes appeared on his wheat-colored face.
Compared to this rough guy, Lu Xu seemed more shameless. He raised his soft and round cheeks and rubbed them against Shang Junhu.
"Oh, Wan'er is going to be married soon, so it's a good opportunity for her to see how a couple gets along... Did you just shave today? It didn't prick me, not bad."
Shang Yuwan frowned slightly, and tears fell like a pearl curtain.
"......father?"
Shang Yuwan saw the dead Shang Junhu and Lu Xu in her dream, and in reality, Ji Suxian gave her several injections.
Outside, lightning flashed and thunder roared, and the rain poured down. The lightning struck the silver needle, casting a cold glow.
“Knock knock.”
Ji Suxian subconsciously glared at the guest who was guarding in secret.
If someone comes, won’t you stop them?
Lou Ke pursed his lips and said, "Sister Su Xian, it's Yao Lao..."
Ji Suxian was startled, and immediately stood up to greet him and opened the door: "Master?!"
She had no time to reminisce about the past, nor did she have time to ask what Yao Lao had been doing since he hadn't appeared for so long and hadn't even replied to her previous letter. She pulled him to the bedside.
"Master, please come and take a look. Brother Xiao and the others have gone to find someone. Can you see if there's a better and faster way? She's seriously injured and has been stimulated. I'm afraid she won't be able to handle it and will die. What should I do?"
Yao Lao stroked his graying beard and smiled, not caring about the water dripping from the corners of his clothes and his half-wet boots. "It's really rare to see you like this. Master has never seen you so nervous around others before."
Lu Heying and Ji Suxian both studied medicine under him, but Lu Heying's medical skills were average, but his martial arts skills were better. Compared with this senior brother, his junior sister Ji Suxian inherited his medical skills more authentically.
Ji Suxian has a cold personality in private. Apart from Xiao Qingxu, Bai Xiaoye, and his master and senior brothers, he doesn't care much about others.
"...Her life is tied to Brother Xiao, I'm only doing this for Brother Xiao's sake..."
Ji Suxian looked away uncomfortably at first, but then, seeing Yao Lao's relaxed demeanor, she asked, "Master, did you know this a long time ago?"
Yao Lao shook his head and said, "I don't know. Your master doesn't know how to tell fortunes."
He is not as powerful as [that person].
The muscles on Ji Suxian's face twitched twice, and he couldn't help but show a bit of anger. "What are you doing leisurely, old man?"
Don't tell her that he doesn't know that Shang Yuwan and Xiao Qingxu's lives are tied together!
Yao Lao was still smiling. "I traveled thousands of miles, risking my life to negotiate with the Holy Saint for you. That's why you're able to enjoy your leisure time now. It took me a lot of effort to help Yi Buyuan sneak into Dayu. What's wrong with me taking a break for a while?"
"You went to see that old man?" Ji Suxian was startled and turned Yao Lao around. "Let me see, are you feeling unwell?"
Yao Lao let her pull his arms and legs and smiled.
"It's okay. I have some friendship with His Majesty. It's okay."
Ji Suxian rolled her eyes. "Can you be more affectionate to the old man than the Shang family is to you?"
Yao Lao smiled without saying anything, looked at Shang Yuwan lying on the bed, sat down, put a handkerchief on Shang Yuwan's wrist, and reached out to feel his pulse.
"...Don't worry, she will wake up." A strange look flashed across Yao Lao's eyes, and then he smiled.
Ji Suxian leaned against the bed curtain with her arms folded, "Master, are you so sure?"
In her opinion, if Shang Yuwan had this dream for too long, her heartstrings would completely relax until the collapse reached a level that her body could no longer bear, and she would most likely collapse and die.
Since Shang Yuwan came to Baijialou, she has suffered all kinds of poisoning and injuries. Coupled with her experiences in her previous life, she can be said to be a piece of iron that has been tempered thousands of times.
But Shang Yuwan is a living person, a person who can feel pain, hate, cry and laugh.
Shang Yuwan now has two broken ribs and her body is covered with stitched wounds, which is a horrible sight. Coupled with Yue Zhu's inexplicable and provocative words, even if she wakes up by chance, her body will definitely suffer great damage.
"Don't underestimate this child. She is Lu Xu's daughter. Even in her dreams, she is lucid and unusual. Like Lu Xu, she will never allow herself to indulge in an empty dream."
Yao Lao's eyebrows curved, with a mysterious look on his face, "Besides, haven't you found a way to save her now?"
The physical evidence includes the account book given by Li Zixi, and the witness is Yang Qianmo who has disappeared for a long time. The hope of revenge is growing, which is the best medicine for Shang Yuwan at the moment.
Ji Suxian lowered his eyes to look at Yao Lao, "Master."
"Um?"
"Did you go to Yanmen and take General Shang's or Madam Lu Xu's things?"
Emperor Chengming was such a ruthless and ungrateful person that just relying on a little friendship was not enough. Unless Yao Lao produced something that could shake the softest part of his heart.
According to the information Ji Suxian currently knows, apart from being related to Madam Lu Xu, there is nothing else that could make Emperor Chengming soften his heart and change his mind.
"Master, you and Madam Lu Xu are old friends, how come I don't know?"
Ji Suxian has been sensitive and suspicious since she was a child. Because she was sold everywhere like an object when she was young, in order to survive, her mind has always been very quick and she does not miss any information.
"You're giving someone's parents' belongings to her enemy. Aren't you afraid that they'll punch you when they wake up?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Ji Suxian realized something was wrong.
She pondered for a long time before saying, "Emperor Chengming...is he intending to allow Shang Yuwan to take revenge on him?"
Yao Lao has lived for so many years and must have some connections outside of Baijialou, but he cannot perfectly help Yi Buyuan, the second prince of Qu Qi, to come to Dayu without being discovered.
Until Yao Lao came here, there was still no news from Lou Ke about him mobilizing manpower. There was only one possibility - Emperor Chengming was helping him secretly.
As they walked step by step, in addition to being threatened and hunted by Empress Langjiang, Xiao Qingji and Xiao Tong, Emperor Chengming only sent the Longwu Army to kidnap Xiao Qinggu and Shang Yuwan, and there was no big move afterwards. Only one Yue Zhu jumped out. Moreover, Yue Zhu had no attack power before Shang Yuwan confessed his identity, and instead helped them.
With Emperor Chengming's temper, could Yao Lao really allow them to live safely for so long just by relying on a dead person's belongings?
Ji Suxian thought of an even more shocking possibility: "Emperor Chengming regrets it?"
Did he regret wiping out the entire Shang family? Or did he regret…killing Madam Lu Xu?
So Emperor Chengming had calculated that Yuezhu felt guilty towards the Shang family and Shang Yuwan, and so he had sent this person to secretly assist them—also to protect Shang Yuwan, who had managed to survive with great difficulty?!
Yao Lao was silent for a long time, and his eyes finally changed.
"As expected, our little Su Xian is much smarter than her senior brother."
Ji Suxian's mouth twitched a few times and he snorted.
"So what if he's an emperor? There's no such thing as regret medicine in this world. No matter what he does, he'll only regret it!"
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